“Unsung Diva” (theatre/song)

This Bay Area excerpted theatre piece with song, explores the life of accomplished 19^th Century opera singer Matilda Sissieretta Jones, known as “The Black Patti.”

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The Unsung Diva is written and performed by singer, actress, and playwright Angela Dean-Baham. Ms. Dean-Baham appeared most recently at the 2008 San Francisco Theater Arts Festival and the 15th Annual Afro Solo Arts Festival. She is a Participating Artist in Cultural Odyssey's New Works Development Program (funded in part by the San Francisco Foundation, The National Endowment of the Arts and The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation) and will appear at the 2009 National Black Theatre Festival. A resident of the Bay area, she has been recognized for her "exuberant portrayal and her "distinctive silvery soprano voice" (Cheryl North – The Oakland Tribune). Ms. Dean-Baham has performed with Festival Opera, Pocket Opera, Berkeley Opera, Oakland Opera Theater, Oakland Lyric Opera, Woodminster Summer Musicals, and is an ensemble member in The Bracebridge Dinners at the Ahwanee Hotel in Yosemite National Park. This one-woman show is produced by Idris Ackamoor, co-Founder and Artistic Director of Cultural Odyssey in San Francisco, California and is directed by Rhodessa Jones, co-founder of Cultural Odyssey and founder and director of The Medea Project.

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